Baby Boy Names - Major

The table below indicates the number of times the name Major has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to
2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social
Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular
names given to baby boys in each of these years.

Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Major

Use of the Name Major for Boys During the Last ...

125 Years

50 Years

25 Years

10 Years

5 Years

2 Years

1 Year

7,839

1,279

0

0

0

0

0

The table below indicates the number of times the name Major has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Major last appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1971, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Major

Used as a Boy Name

Used as a Girl Name

Year

Rank

Count

Rank

Count

1880

324

28

1881

250

40

1882

260

44

1883

260

41

1884

292

36

1885

275

37

1886

310

31

1887

252

40

1888

293

37

1889

247

44

1890

340

27

1891

280

34

1892

287

41

1893

273

41

1894

290

37

1895

311

34

1896

285

42

1897

294

39

1898

283

42

1899

263

42

1900

291

51

1901

403

22

1902

279

46

1903

314

36

1904

365

31

1905

305

44

1906

333

39

1907

426

30

1908

379

38

1909

323

51

1910

387

46

1911

405

50

1912

476

68

1913

432

97

1914

463

109

1915

444

151

1916

501

129

1917

446

160

1918

476

155

1919

440

182

1920

465

172

1921

489

159

1922

500

153

1923

560

125

1924

518

148

1925

587

115

1926

503

145

1927

503

145

1928

500

146

1929

524

123

1930

494

145

1931

614

94

1932

515

125

1933

548

109

1934

616

94

1935

627

88

1936

566

103

1937

601

93

1938

604

97

1939

557

106

1940

517

126

1941

641

91

1942

552

124

1943

570

124

1944

535

128

1945

544

121

1946

614

110

1947

629

119

1948

618

121

1949

658

109

1950

585

135

1951

612

132

1952

647

116

1953

658

116

1954

683

111

1955

716

104

1956

744

98

1957

750

100

1958

752

96

1959

744

105

1960

900

71

1961

940

66

1962

929

67

1963

862

77

1964

838

83

1965

830

79

1966

963

57

1967

871

68

1968

1969

919

69

1970

945

72

1971

994

67

Totals:

7,839

0

During the last 125 years, parents have used Major as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Major appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 91 times during the last 125 years.